Keyboard Shortcuts — Tesseract Documentation

File operations

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl` + `N`	New project
`Ctrl` + `O`	Open file
`Ctrl` + `S`	Save
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `S`	Save As

Editing

Shortcut	Action
`N`	Open the Component Library to add a new component
`C`	Toggle Add Connection mode
`Delete`	Delete the selected component or connection
`L`	Toggle component labels on the canvas
`Ctrl` + `Z`	Undo
`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `Z`	Redo
`Ctrl` + `Y`	Redo (Windows convention)
`Escape`	Cancel connection mode
`F`	Toggle the Flows sidebar
`S`	Toggle the Subgraphs panel
`M`	Toggle the MCP Logs panel

Selection

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl` + `A`	Select all components at the current level
`Ctrl` + click	Toggle a component in/out of the selection
`Shift` + click	Add a component to the selection
Drag on empty space	Box select — select all enclosed components
`Ctrl` + drag on empty space	Box select — toggle enclosed components (XOR)
`Shift` + drag on empty space	Box select — add enclosed components

Shortcut	Action
`Z`	Zoom to fit — frame all components in view
`Escape` / `Backspace`	Navigate up one level in the subgraph hierarchy
`Home`	Navigate to the root level

You can also navigate up by double-clicking the ground. See Navigation & Subgraphs for all navigation methods.

Search

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl` + `K`	Focus the search field
`↑` / `↓`	Navigate search results
`Enter`	Select the highlighted result and navigate to it
`Escape`	Clear the search text and close the dropdown

Mouse controls

Input	Action
Right-click + drag	Rotate the 3D view
Middle-click + drag	Pan the view
Scroll wheel	Zoom in / out
Left-click	Select a component or connection
Left-click + drag component	Move component on the grid
Left-click + drag connection	Bend the connection (curvature)
Double-click component	Enter its subgraph
Double-click ground	Navigate up one level
Left-click empty space	Deselect current selection
Left-drag on empty space	Box select
`Ctrl` / `Cmd` + click	Toggle component in/out of selection
`Shift` + click	Add component to selection

In CAD mouse mode (Settings), right-click and middle-click are swapped: right-click pans and middle-click rotates.

Claude Console

Shortcut	Action
`/`	Open and focus the Console
`Enter`	Send message
`Shift` + `Enter`	Insert new line without sending
`Escape`	Clear input (if not empty), or collapse the Console (if empty)
`Escape` `Escape`	Clear input and collapse the Console

Single-key shortcuts (N, C, L, F, S, M, Z, /, Delete) are disabled when a text field is focused, so they won't interfere with typing. Modifier shortcuts (Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+A, etc.) also defer to the focused input when appropriate.

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